Guides Corner
GUIDE’S CORNER: It Affects Us All
It is hard to shake the thought of just how the cool September mornings of the One Fly have managed to work their way into my psyche and influence the way I manage my typical guide days of summer. Or is it the other way around? The One Fly is different but also the same. It’s an evolution and also an influence, and the competition brings something new. “Keep your friends close and enemies closer.” No better way to stay close than in the confines of a drift boat! It sure ...
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GUIDE’S CORNER- “Guided by my mentors” by Josh Gallivan
My love affair with the One Fly began years before I ever had the opportunity to guide it. I was just a young high school kid when Jeff Currier hired me to work at the legendary Jack Dennis fly shop. At the time, I was naïve but incredibly fortunate to work alongside a team of fly-fishing greats. These included Scott Sanchez, known as "Chezwick," Andy Asadorian, or "Ace man," Evan Schwanfelder, "Schwanny," Micah Kruger, who we called "Meeks," and Mark Kuhn, nicknamed "Milkfish." I was espec...
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GUIDE’S CORNER- “If we all get involved, we all win”-by Curt Hamby
The annual One Fly event is guaranteed to provide anglers and guides with excitement, elation, humility, and humiliation. After 26 years as a guide, I've experienced it all during this event that often depends on a combination of skills and luck. A quarter century ago, when I paid $300/month in rent for a condemnable cabin on the Village Road that my then-girlfriend-now-wife would not enter, the 590-inch winter of "ninety sick ninety heaven '' washed out the Snake River until July. I was ...
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